Ministry of Personnel

Ministry of Personnel
Chinese name
Chinese吏部
Literal meaningOfficials Department
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLìbù
Wade–GilesLi Pu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetLại Bộ / Bộ Lại
Hán-Nôm吏部 / 部吏
Korean name
Hangul이조
Hanja吏曹
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ ᡳ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
Möllendorffhafan i jurgan

The Ministry of Personnel was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China, Korea, and Vietnam.